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NFETERS, PHOTO-LITHOGRAFHER, WASHINGTON. D. C.

@uiten gistenl istwt @Hitt .1.13. HAWLEY, o r New HAvnN, CONNECTICUT. Leers Parent No.' 61,192, ma .mamy 15, 1367.

MPROVEMEN T N BUCKLES.

.TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONOERN:

Be itv known that I, 1B. HAWLEY, of New Haven, in the county of New Haven, and State oi' Connecticut;

have invented av new Improvement in Buckles for Hoop Skirts; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and the letters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this speeieatio:1,and represent, in- I 4 Figure 1, my buckle with the eye attached.

Figure 2, a like buckle with the hook attached.

Figure 3, the buckle independent of the hook or eye; and, in

Figure 4, a side view of the two buckles hooked together.

My invention'relates to an improvement in buckles for clasping the hands of hoop skirts, and consists in the peculiar constru'ction'ot` a buckle combined with a hook andeye, whereby the band may be easily adjusted' and clasped. y

To enable others skilled in the art to construct and apply my improvement, Ir will proceed to describe the same as illust-rated in the accompanying drawings.

First, Iwill describe the construction of the buckle, as seen in fig. 3, independent of its hook or eye. From 'a picco of wire of proper size and length, according to the width oi' the band, the buckle is formed as follows: I first point the two ends, a and b, and Hatten that part of the wire which is'to form the side, A, ofthe buckle,

then bend each end around, forming the two ends and the. other side; nally, turning the two ends so as to form eyes 6c, bringing the two points aand b up under the sideD on to the iat side A. The curve formed at B C gives to the tongues E F an elasticity suiticient to enable me to dispense with the hinge generally used. G is the eye formed of similar wire, and bent into a figure 8 form, as seen in iig.'1. H the hook, also made from similar wire, and bent into the form seen in figs. 2 and 4. The eye and hook thus formed are attached to their respective buckles during their process of construction, as seen in gs. l and 2, and when 'so attached are complete. To attach lny buckles to the band, pass the two ends of the band each through one of the buckles, as4

denoted by the red lines, tlg. 4, clasp the hook and eye together, as seen in iig. 4, then draw the two ends of the band through their respective buckles until properly adjusted. By this arrangement the band is not worn or injured, as when in most cases the band is secured by buckles without a hook and eye.

Having, therefore, thus fully described my invention, what I now claim as new and useful, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A buckle constructed substantially in the manner herein described, combined with a hook or eye, substantially as herein fully set forth." y

J. B. HAWLEY.

Witnesses:

JOHN E. EARLE, .K

ALTSIE J. TIBBITS. 

